Hi -
I cannot be much help, but at least can suggest that
my great-grandmother's maiden name was Barbara Pejril,
born ca. 1876, came to the USA in 1900, married in 1901
my great grandfather Frank Rudolf Balvin, had 3 sons, Albert,
Anton, and Rudolph Balvin, and lived until 1952. Unfortunately, I know very little of the Czech language, so
I have felt uncomfortable trying to contact authorities in
the Czech Republic to ask for any possible info. Also,
I have been unable to get any information regarding her
death certificate, she died in NYC, because the civic clerks
tell me that after I send for the cert, it will take 12- 18 months.
They only have one person doing it, and he/she is extremely
backlogged. I live in central Ohio, but plan to make a trip to
the City Archives sometime in 2003 to see about getting
copies of those documents that I need. I know, this is very
wordy, and probably not helpful. There have been Pejril family
members who were in the Social Security Death Index, and
I believe I saw Pejrils listed in the Ellis Island site. If you haven't already been there. Well enough for now.
Greg Balvin